Hat rack



(No Model.)

J. C. SELLERS.

v HAY RAGK. No. 450,109. Patented Apr. 7, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. SELLERS, OF HUSBAND, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOABRAHAM INTELLER, OF SAMEPLACE.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,109, dated April'7, 1891.

Application filed August 2l, 1890. Serial No. 362,701. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN C. SELLERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Husband, in the county of Somerset and State of Penn-Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay Racksor Ladders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theconstruction of ro hay racks or ladders, as will enable them to besupported upon the trucks of ordinary wagon-bodies, and also permit thefront trucks turning in a complete circle under the rack or ladder.

In the drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 2 a sideelevation, of my devlce.

In the said drawings, the numerals l and 2 represent the longitudinalbeams of the zo rack or ladder, and 3 the vertical side supportsconnecting and bracing said beams.

4 is a bolster for centrally carrying the fifthwheel 5, rigidly attachedthereto, and 6 is a cross-bar on the rack for supporting the rear end ofsaid fifth-wheel. This ifth-wheel is adapted to rest upon the fronttruck of an ordinary wagon, and may rotate either upon the other half ofa ifth-whcel on said truck or upon the ordinary bolster on the top of 3othe aXle. A suitable king-bolt passes centrally through the aperture 7in the bolster 4 and connects the parts in the usual manner. At a pointimmediately in rear of said fifth-wheel and in proper relation theretothe lower longitudinal bars l are divided and united by theinverted-U-shaped brackets S bolted thereto, thereby forming thetransverse arch through the rack or ladder, as

clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In the bottom of the body of the rack or ladder, and on top of thecross-bars 9, l0, and 1l, are located the slats l2, extendinglongitudinally thereof and terminating at their front ends on theforemost cross-bar 1l, immediately in rear of the arched portion of therack or ladder. In order to form a substitute for said longitudinalslats l2 over the arched portion, I provide the cross-barsl 13, boltedto the brackets 8, as shown, thereby completing a continuous bottom forthe rack and prevent- 5ol ing the hay from being forced into the archedportion and clogging or hindering the turning of the front wheels. Therear bottom cross-bar 9 of the rack or ladder is adapted to abut againstthe rear side of the bolster of an ordinary rear wagon-truck.Theintermediate cross-bar 10 is adapted to receive a connecting-boltpassing therethrough and through the reach of the rear Wagon-truck.

By means of the fifth-wheel 5 for the front 6o truck and the connectionsabove described for the rear truck the coupling-pole ordinarily employedin Wagons is dispensed with, the connection between the front and reartrucks being maintained through the rack or A ladder itself. An obviousadvantage ot this is that when using the above-described rack or ladderwith ordinary wagon-trucks there will be no coupling-pole to interferewith the complete rotation of the front truck on the 7o fifth-wheel.

What I claim isl. A hay rack or ladder having a transverse archedportion near its front end, a fth-Wheel in front of said arch, andcrossbars in rear of the arch, said rack adapted to rest upon ordinarywagon-trucks and form the connection between them, Substantially asdescribed.

2. A hay rack or ladder having a trans- 8o verse arched portion near itsfront end, the fifth-wheel 5 in front of said arch, supported by thebolster 4 and cross-bar the rear cross-bar 9, and the intermediateapertured cross-bar l0, all operating substantially as described.

JOHN C. SELLERS.

Witnesses: l

JAS. B. TREDWELL, VALENTINE HAY.

